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FOR AU THE EAR: Christianity and Patriotism -One and the Same, Accord ing to the Bible. World events hava brought be us at this time" most forcibly questions of nationaiity and pati Ism, and I have seen the staten made repeatedly that Christianit: inimical to both. Christianity, are told, is not national, but cos politan. Its tendency is to oblitei boundaries and distinctions betw race and race. This cosmopolitanism of Christ ity, people say, is absolutely fata! patriotism. That was, for instai one of the criticisms which the Ji nese passed upon Christianity, triotism amongst the Japanese has come exalted -almost into a relig . Devotion to their land and to tl emperor seems to be their ruling ] sion, and one of their objections Christianity is its universal! which, they say, is fatal to patriot! and that it would inevitably sap devotion to their country, which I been the trap's boast and pride. Let us look at this criticism fo: moment and se? how much tn there is in it. If it could be sho that Christianity is antipatriotic would lack a certain element wh appeals to the American just as su ly as it does to the Jap; for love one's land is not a passion which peals only to the dwellers in tl eastern empire, but a passion wh should burn with an undying flame the heart of every true American. That Christianity is cosmopolitan its spirit cannot be disputed. It the gospel for the world. It address itself to man as man, and nor to m as a member of any particular i Son. Other religions are for the nv part tribal or national. But the G and Father of our Lord Jesus Clrr is the God of all the earth, and t father of all who dwell upon it. Tl Gospel of ours ignores all natioi distinctldhs. Men come to the ere from the East and from the We from the North and from the Sout it is just as much for the black m as for the white. It reveals a lo that lavishes Itself upon all withe respect to differences of race or col or tongue. It preaches a univers fatherhood, and consequently a u: versal brotherhood of men. The G< pel not only ignores natural and raci differences, but it looks forward to time when these racial and nation differences shall cease to sunder ai divide men as they do today. I < not say that the Gospel looks forwa to a time when differences shall cea: to exist. Difference in itself ls n an evil, for I believe that each n tionality has its important contrib tlon to make the civilization of ma kind as a whole. But these diffc enees shall cease to be sources of Je? ousy and strife. The prophets of o were given the vision of a unit? world. Enmities were to be abc lshed. The lion is to lie down wil the lamb, the calf, the young lie and the fatling together. Racial jes ousies are to disappear; war ar bloodshed are to cease; men are 1 beat their swords into ploughshare and their spears into pruning hook and to learn war no more. There ! no doubt about it that the Gospel j cosmopolitan in its message and i . its spirit To Human Brotherhood. Now, I believe that every eames man who thinks seriously is a cosme politan in the Gospel sense of th word. No matter what causes ma be assigned for the great war whic ls ravaging the world today, it is ev dent to every thinking man that th ultimate cause of the war is nationa Jealousies and rivalries. That ls wha lays the great burden of armamen upon the nations today; the burdei which has been growing greater am heavier every year. In spite of 1,90 years of Christianity the spirit o war still rages among mankind, an< God has permitted this great war t( scourge us as the inevitable outcom? of the jealousy and hatred and rival rles among the nations. Perhaps w< can now see that only in the brother hood of nations can there be happi ness and well-being. That does no! mean the death of patriotism, h means no surrender of the love which we have for our own land. Tennysor was a strong and vehement patriot and yet he thought of the golden age as a time when The war-<3rurn throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled. In the parliament of man, the federatioti . of the world. It Is an error of judgment to think that tb.is sort of cosmopolitanism-the kind which the Gospel teaches-is de structive of patriotism. The error is due to a falsie conception of what pa triotism is. What is patriotism? My dictionary defines lt as "love of coun try; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country." I am .content with the definition. Patriot Ism, you will notice, is a . positive thing. It is love of one's country. It J s not hatred of other countries-it is love of your own. You can love your own family and your own home with out hating your neighbor. 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The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1915, to the 15th day of March, 1916. All taxes shall be due and payable between the loth day of October, 1915, and December 31st, 1915. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31sf, 1915, the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent, for January, and if taxes are not paid on or before Feb ruary 1st, 1916, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent., and five per cent, from the 1st of March to "the 15th of March, after which time all unpaid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. The taxflevies for the year 1915 are af follows: For State purposes 7 Mills " Ordinary County 6 " " Cons. School Tax 3 " " Bacon School District 4 *.* " Edgefield School District 5 " " Long Cane S. D. 3 " " Libertv Hill S. D. 3 " Johnston S. D. 8 " " Collier's S. D. 3 " " Flat Rock S. D. 4 " " Elmwood S. D. No. 8 2 " " Elmwood S. D. No. 9 2 " " Elmwood S. D. No. 30 2 " " Hibler Township 3 M " S. D. 3 " ?* P. Branch S. D. 5 " " White Town S. D. 4 " Trenton S. D. 5 " " Ward Township 2 " " Moss Township 3 " " Parksville S. D. 4 " " Mocioc S. D. 2 " " Oak Grove ? 3 " " Red Hill S. D. 4 " " Antioch S. D. 2 " " Shaw Township 4 " " Talbert Township 2 " "RR Bonds Wise T'sp 114 '* "RR Bonds Pickens 3 " "RR Bonds Johnston 3 " "RR Bonds Pine Grove 12 " "RR Bonds Bloc ker (portion] 12 " "RR Bonds Elmwood 12 " "RR Bonds Elmwood " Pickens 3 " " Edgefield sch'l bldg. 2 " Town of Edgefield Corporation purposes . 10 " All the male citizens, between the ages of 21 years and 60 years except those exempt by law are liable to a pon.iax of One "Dol lar each. A capita tion tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2 commutation tax or Wyrk six'days on the public roads. As this is optional with the individual, ro commutation, tax is included in the property tax. 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